To meet at all, one must open ones eyes to another; and there is no true conversation no matter how many words are spoken, unless the eye, unveiled and listening, opens itself to the other.
Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations Library, 1997.
-- Jessamyn West, (Jul 18 1902-1984), US author; She wrote stories based on her Quaker ancestors, e.g., The Friendly Persuasion, 1945.